tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17483677077185121042018-03-07T15:32:36.159-05:00Sterling StinksA site dedicated to the many foul-ups and errors charged to the “Voice of the Yankees,” John Sterling.Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-23980607519280336922011-02-25T15:31:00.004-05:002011-02-25T15:37:40.231-05:00The Night Before (John) Sterling<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xY3kmErMHno/TWgSrZ8-byI/AAAAAAAAAHA/m6sEAW96P8U/s1600/js.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577728675408670498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xY3kmErMHno/TWgSrZ8-byI/AAAAAAAAAHA/m6sEAW96P8U/s320/js.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">Tomorrow marks the 2011 debut of Yanks baseball on the radio, and the return of John Sterling. Which makes tonight:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>The Night Before Sterling<br /></em></strong></span></span><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">‘Twas the night before Sterling, when all through the house,</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Each creature was fearing, what would spring from his mouth;</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">For tomorrow he sits in his Yank’s broadcast chair,</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">And starts a new season of spewing hot air;</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">The radios were tuned to the Yankee’s network,</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Just awaiting the s**t that would emit from this jerk;</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">I took out my jersey, I put on my cap,</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">And finally awoke from my long winter’s nap;</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">When out of the radio, there rose such a clatter;</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">As Sterling had started his mind-numbing patter;</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">He’s always mistaking, what are strikes and are balls,</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">And makes efforts painstaking, on his home run calls;</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">On Jeter, on Text, on Jolly Saint Nick,</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">On my nerves, for quite frankly, he’s making me sick;</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Is it fair? Is it foul? Is it over the wall?</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">He’s calls are like noses, he blows one and all;</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">But this game is a tough one, there’s just no explaining,</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">And while he makes little sense, there’s no sense complaining;</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">So here I exclaim, whilst full of derision; </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Click off your radio, and watch television!</span></div>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-47099581777083524682011-02-24T15:52:00.003-05:002011-02-24T16:06:15.382-05:00The John Sterling Effect<span style="font-family:arial;">Yep Listen to him enought and this is what happens:</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><object height="390" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/k8siZKaoX84&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_embedded&amp;version=3"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/k8siZKaoX84&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version=3" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="390"></embed></object></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">P.S. This is <strong>NOT</strong> me :)<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-81987654792155511892011-02-23T15:43:00.004-05:002011-02-24T15:59:37.035-05:00Four Days till John Sterling Returns<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dSCNzstdqkM/TWVx0qOfuzI/AAAAAAAAAG4/mnqgNZljkU8/s1600/four%252520loko_0.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576988863070452530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dSCNzstdqkM/TWVx0qOfuzI/AAAAAAAAAG4/mnqgNZljkU8/s320/four%252520loko_0.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The Yankees <a href="http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/schedule/broadcast/index.jsp?c_id=nyy">broadcast schedule</a> is out and we only have four days left till the return of John Sterling to the airwaves. Talk about <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJzLpWFYJ4">mixed emotions</a>. The thrill of Yankee baseball tempered by the agony of having to listen to John Sterling. </span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><div><br />Word is that the Vegas bookmakers are adding Sterlingisms to their offerings. Here are some of the most recent odds: </div><br /><div>Sterling reacts to an exhibition win over the Twins as if the Yanks won another pennant - 4:1<br />Sterling sings a song from a Broadway musical – 7:1<br />Sterling mispronounces a player’s name – Even </div><br /><div>Plus, here are the over/unders for some Sterling utterances (per game): </div><div><br />Sterling says spring training games are meaningless – 31<br />Sterling says spring stats are meaningless – 18<br />Sterling says spring stats are meaningless, and then proceeds to talk about spring stats – 6</div><br /><div>A lot can <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20101126123748AABbGK4">happen in four days</a>. Maybe Sterling will get an offer to appear in <a href="http://spidermanonbroadway.marvel.com/tickets/?gclid=CIH0pPaRn6cCFQ915Qodgy5Mew">Spider-man </a>on Broadway and leave the Yankees before Opening Day. Wait…they’ve had enough trouble as it is.<br /></div></span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-5788613970260110092011-02-22T12:05:00.002-05:002011-02-22T12:12:19.535-05:00The Final Countdown?<span style="font-family:arial;">Such mixed emotions. Like most baseball fans, I am thrilled that spring training is here. Visions of <a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/sugarplums-recipe/index.html">sugar plums </a>dancing in my head have been replaced by visions on yet another World Series championship (or, at the very least, visions of a solid third and fourth starter).</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />Like most Yankees fans, my joy is tempered by the fact that I am facing another season of listening to John Sterling. The man mangles calls. The man mispronounces names (<a href="http://sterlingstinks.blogspot.com/2010/07/john-sterling-in-double-trouble.html">sometimes twice in the same sentence</a>). The man sings when he should talk. The man talks when he should shut up. But every cloud has a <a href="http://images.wikia.com/loneranger/images/f/f6/RangerSilver.jpg">silver</a> lining.<br /><br />Is this the last year of Sterling?<br /><br />The Yankees contract with their flagship radio station, WCBS-AM, expires after this season. And with it, so do the contracts of Sterling and Snoozin’ Waldman, possibly the worst broadcast duo in baseball.<br /><br />You know that Hank S. will be shopping the rights looking for the very best deal. If that deal is found elsewhere, will the new broadcast partner resign Sterling and Waldman? Probably not. Even if the Yanks stay with CBS, the broadcast brass there must realize that the fans have had it. The home run calls and ego-driven chatter have gone stale. It is time for a change.<br /><br />Here’s hoping that this is <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw">the final countdown</a>. Here’s hoping that the 2012 Yankees bring new announcers to their radio team.<br /></span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-469902459426851672011-02-18T11:55:00.004-05:002011-02-18T12:01:12.170-05:00Play Ball!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tvOVIhQT2OE/TV6lKi2UJGI/AAAAAAAAAGw/NDLQblGiiHk/s1600/baseball.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575074989303145570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 199px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tvOVIhQT2OE/TV6lKi2UJGI/AAAAAAAAAGw/NDLQblGiiHk/s200/baseball.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">The <a href="http://www.davesfootballblog.com/post/2007/11/16/mercury-morris-professional-jackass/">mercury</a> is approaching the 70s in NYC today. Spring is in the air and the Boys of Summer are down south warming up for another season of baseball. While there are big concerns about the starting rotation, sadly one rotation will stay intact. Yes, Yankee fans, it looks like we will have to endure another summer of John Sterling and Snoozin’ Waldman.</span> <div><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I too, am gearing up for another season of <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXd9Fhcym0s&amp;playnext=1&amp;list=PLB45DF3492105F674">blown calls </a>and ego-driven broadcasts. I look forward to your comments, insults and suggestions (and the witty banter of Grumpus).</span></div></div>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-89819891986834754632010-08-03T22:15:00.004-04:002010-08-03T22:21:11.908-04:00John Sterling: Stuck in the 80s<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/TFjOPOR__nI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/XnZH8wVhu1M/s1600/mv.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 223px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501373705760013938" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/TFjOPOR__nI/AAAAAAAAAGQ/XnZH8wVhu1M/s320/mv.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">In tonight’s loss to the Blue Jays, as an errant throw rolled into the outfield, the ever-current John Sterling remarked that the throw would have even been “over Kareem’s head.” </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">How timely, a 2010 reference to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOf5PegrYTw">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</a>, the six-time NBA MVP who retired in…wait for it…1989. That’s 1989, as in 21 YEARS AGO, proving yet again that Sterling exists in some sort of nonsensical time warp.</span> </div>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-47186109990972413442010-08-02T12:40:00.001-04:002010-08-02T12:42:45.189-04:00John Sterling’s Home Run Call for Lance Berkman<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/TFb1asy_ZsI/AAAAAAAAAGI/dUnT7ukhlEQ/s1600/question-mark.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500853833930073794" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/TFb1asy_ZsI/AAAAAAAAAGI/dUnT7ukhlEQ/s320/question-mark.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">OK, so my affinity for Lance Berkman goes back to his early days as a roto stud. I am glad to see him in pinstripes, but the joy of a lefty off the bench is tempered by the fact that this means John Sterling gets to create yet another inane home run call. What will Sterling come up with now? A Berkman Blast? Lance Left the Field. What home run call will the “Jerk Man” create for the Berkman?</span></div>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-29182615019835489272010-07-30T18:29:00.002-04:002010-07-30T18:34:22.301-04:00John Sterling Hall of Shame<span style="font-family:arial;">A few comments down, our resident Sterling Savant (that’s you Mr. Grumpus) spoke of the day when statues would be erected in honor of the Voice of the Yankees. Such a horrific thought reminded me that, shortly after The Boss passed on, the airwaves were buzzing with conjecture about whether he would every make it to the Hall of Fame. </span><span style="font-family:arial;">At that time, a friend turned to me and asked “Do you think Sterling would ever get in?”</span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rog8ou-ZepE&amp;feature=avmsc2">froze</a>. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Suddenly I felt like a helpless victim in an Edgar Allan Poe story. Putting the words “Sterling” and Hall of Fame” in the same sentence was worse than hearing the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9_6IODy0mU">Raven's</a> “nevermore” AND the beating of the Tell Tale Heart at the same time. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Could it ever happen? I hope not, but hope is not a strategy. Together, we must devise an action plan to make sure Professor Sterling never, ever, EVER lands in Cooperstown. Post, respond, e-mail me. Rack your brains for ideas and then tell me…how can we keep this man out???</span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-3826603518213007732010-07-28T12:35:00.001-04:002010-07-28T12:39:42.479-04:00John Sterling in Double Trouble<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/TFBcfl6409I/AAAAAAAAAGA/YoiAjt4iwwU/s1600/15%2520double%2520trouble.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498996842844181458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 154px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/TFBcfl6409I/AAAAAAAAAGA/YoiAjt4iwwU/s200/15%2520double%2520trouble.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div><span style="font-family:arial;">Sure John Sterling is infamous for mispronouncing player’s names, but saying the same player’s name two different ways in the same sentence may be a first! </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Cut to Tuesday night’s game in Cleveland when, in the same breath, Sterling referred to Indians' catcher Chris Gimenez as both (phonetically) Him-en-ez AND Gym-en-ez. Professor Sterling must have been to preoccupied coming up with more coinkydinks to share.</span> </div>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-51947025025156361422010-07-27T22:42:00.003-04:002010-07-27T22:48:44.612-04:00John Sterling KNOWS He Makes No Sense<span style="font-family:arial;">News Flash: Even John Sterling thinks John Sterling makes no sense! </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">During tonight’s post-game show, the <em>Voice of the Yankees</em> said he wanted to treat us (and Snoozin’ Waldman) to a few coincidences (or “coinkydinks” in Sterling Speak). He then proceeded to list a few statistics that, for the most part, had nothing in common. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">First, Sterling compared tonight’s attendance to last night’s (they were different). Then, he compared the time of game from yesterday to today (they were different). Finally, he pointed out that yesterday, Yankee pitchers struck out six and…wait for it…<em>tonight</em> Yankee pitchers struck out six! </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">A .333 average is great for a hitter, but in the world of <a href="http://purpleslinky.com/offbeat/10-amazing-coincidences/">coincidence hunting</a>, it’s no great <a href="http://www.1st-milkshake-n-smoothie-recipes.com/Milkshake_Recipes.html">shakes</a>. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">Then, as if by way of explanation, Sterling stated “Now you may ask what this all means.” Well, yes John, I do. His answer? “Nothing,” he said. “It means nothing!” Finally, he realizes what Yankee fans have known for quite some time. His observations are worthless. </span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-76343302556334752482010-07-26T20:56:00.002-04:002010-07-26T21:00:13.295-04:00Well Eschews Me!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/TE4vB6aVnyI/AAAAAAAAAF4/lfwhOGCnYUQ/s1600/steve_martin_250.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 290px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5498383904972054306" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/TE4vB6aVnyI/AAAAAAAAAF4/lfwhOGCnYUQ/s320/steve_martin_250.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Once again, Yankee broadcaster John Sterling resorted to his “word-of-the-day” announcing style instead of the clear and concise technique preferred by his superiors (i.e. 99% of all other play-by-play men).<br /></span><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">In the sixth inning of tonight’s game in Cleveland, Indian’s manager <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Acta">Manny Acta </a>decided to let a player try to advance a man on first without bunting. When the play failed, Professor Sterling stated “So Manny Acta <em>eschews</em> the bunt.” <a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/escheww">Eschews</a>? Really?</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">It’s not quite an SAT word, but the question remains…why use it? Why not just say “Acta decided not to bunt.”? I’ll tell you why. It’s not about the game. It’s about Sterling, and even in the simplest baseball moment, the Professor must shine the light on himself. When Sterling says “eschew” what he is really saying is “look at me! See how I can use fancy words that other broadcasters don’t?” Well Professor, there’s a reason they don’t.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">The old acronym KISS (Keep it Simple Stupid) applies here, as it does to most everything Sterling says. As another (humbler) genius, Albert Einstein, once said, “Everything should be made as simple as possible.” </span></div>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-46387949766132831762010-07-26T13:48:00.002-04:002010-07-26T13:53:56.698-04:00WFAN Gets Dirty<span style="font-family:arial;">From our Double Entendre Department comes the following:<br /><br />During her 11 p.m. update on NY sports radio station WFAN yesterday, announcer </span><a href="http://www.wfan.com/Erica-Herskowitz/119235"><span style="font-family:arial;">Erica Herskowitz </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">commented on how upset NY Mets pitcher R.A. Dickey was after being pulled from the game with a </span><a href="http://www.rotoworld.com/content/playerpages/playerbreakingnews.asp?sport=MLB&amp;id=3252&amp;line=298584&amp;spln=1"><span style="font-family:arial;">muscle strain</span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">.<br /><br />Now maybe it’s my third-grade sense of humor, but I couldn’t help but chuckle when Herskowitz reported that “Dickey wasn’t happy about being yanked.”<br /><br />Good thing she wasn’t around when </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_LaCock"><span style="font-family:arial;">Pete LaCock </span></a><span style="font-family:arial;">played for the Royals.</span><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-42400873414977443912010-07-21T16:39:00.001-04:002010-07-21T23:26:24.898-04:00John Sterling’s Imagination Runs Dry<span style="font-family:arial;">Maybe it was the heat. Maybe it was the shock of a bench jockey suddenly being called into play and belting a homer. Whatever the reason, John Sterling has hit bottom with his lame home run call for New York Yankees rookie Colin Curtis. </span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />As the ball left the yard, the Sterling-throated one declared “I’ll C.C. you later!” Then, after an awkward beat in which it seemed Sterling realized just how lame he’s become, he added the attribution: “he said.” Making the whole call “I’ll C.C. you later…he said.”<br />I get it, his initials are C.C.<br /><br />I also get that by adding yet another inane home run call which puts the focus on himself instead of the game, Sterling loses the moment.<br /><br />A pinch hitter, inheriting an 0-2 count from a batter thrown out of the game? Happens every day. A kid hitting his first blast in Yankee stadium? Boring. No, instead let’s focus on silly wordplay so we can all talk about how creative the announcer is. I am really getting fed up.<br /><br />PS Sterling’s home run call for Juan Miranda was just as poor.<br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;"></span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-40994208867968811552010-07-17T14:19:00.001-04:002010-07-17T14:21:56.398-04:00Clear, Concise, Correct<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/TEH0mLSbhjI/AAAAAAAAAFw/5g_D3tTdUcU/s1600/Bob+Sheppard.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 213px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5494941957071013426" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/TEH0mLSbhjI/AAAAAAAAAFw/5g_D3tTdUcU/s320/Bob+Sheppard.jpg" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">Give the Yanks credit for a touching video tribute to Bob Sheppard. Towards the end of the montage, Sheppard states how he doesn’t attempt to be flamboyant or clairvoyant. Instead, he sums up his professional attitude in three words: Clear. Concise. Correct.<br /><br />Then cut to the bumbling, stumbling “Voice of the Yankees,” Mr. Sterling. Hopefully, he was paying close attention to the Sheppard tribute and will pick up some pointers from a class act.</span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-7398110104771618532010-05-27T11:31:00.000-04:002010-05-27T11:32:33.798-04:00John Sterling Bytes<span style="font-family:arial;">In case you need a little fix of Sterling, <a href="http://www.entertonement.com/collections/25648/clips?page=5">here’s a link </a>to several sound bytes. Man, is he awful or what?</span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-6620300664937412892010-05-21T13:27:00.003-04:002010-05-21T13:32:46.926-04:00Howie Rose Kicks John Sterling's Butt<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/S_bDSZ31ePI/AAAAAAAAAFo/567yjR7Dg0k/s1600/metsa.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 223px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473777118065555698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/S_bDSZ31ePI/AAAAAAAAAFo/567yjR7Dg0k/s320/metsa.jpg" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">This is the series I live for! Yankees v. Mets! </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Is it the rivalry? No. Is it the bragging rights? No. Is it the novelty? Not any more.<br /><br />I love the Subway Series for one simple reason: I get to listen to the Yankees on the radio without having to listen to John Sterling. Whenever the cross-town rivals do battle, I tune in to <a href="http://www.wfan.com/">WFAN</a>, the Mets flagship station, and enjoy play-by-play the way it should be.<br /><br />Baseball fans frequently like to compare teams player by player. When that comparison measures Yanks against Mets, the scale tilts heavily towards the pinstripes. First base? Check. Second base? Check. Starting rotation? Check. Broadcast booth? Flushing, we have a problem.<br /><br />Any advantage Text has over Ike, any lead Jeter has over Reyes, is dwarfed by the way <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howie_Rose">Howie Rose</a> eclipses John Sterling.<br /><br />Accuracy? Check. Likeability? Check. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2RwHAXxYfo">Home run call</a>? Don’t even get me started.<br /><br />Am I ready to switch stations for 162 games a year. No way. I’ll take pinstripes over blue and orange any day. But as far as this weekend is concerned, you’ll find me to the left of the dial, rooting for the Yankees, loving life, and enjoying the best baseball announcing New York has to offer.</span> </div>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-23254115251938916722010-05-11T12:11:00.000-04:002010-05-11T12:12:02.163-04:00John Sterling on Ernie Harwell<span style="font-family:arial;">OK, let’s give credit where credit is due. Sterling did a nice 70-second remembrance of Tigers announcer Ernie Harwell, who passed away last week at the age of 92. In a break from his normally egomaniacal delivery, Sterling shares some gracious words about Harwell and recalls that, when he was a boy, he listened to Harwell and “got a little taste of his flavor.” He should have paid more attention. <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=7945129&amp;c_id=det">Here’s the clip</a>.</span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-1805618155384355252010-05-09T12:39:00.001-04:002010-05-09T12:50:13.089-04:00The John Sterling Effect<span style="font-family:arial;">As you know, this site is dedicated to pointing out how John Sterling’s antics usually get in the way of his Yankees broadcasts. Well…we’ve been one-upped.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">In a thoughtful post on Bleacher Report, Leslie Monteiro blames Sterling for the <a href="http://www.jimrome.com/">decline of sports announcers</a> in general. It makes a great deal of sense and is definitely worth a read. <a href="http://bleacherreport.com/articles/389588-forget-quality-announcing-from-yankees-announcers-ever">Click here</a> for the story.</span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-66165797970407897122010-05-08T16:37:00.007-04:002010-05-08T18:30:16.848-04:00Cloudy With a Chance of Stupidity<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/S-XNIngA-sI/AAAAAAAAAFg/wput_9w6Y8A/s1600/weatherman_3.gif"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 217px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469002870437247682" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/S-XNIngA-sI/AAAAAAAAAFg/wput_9w6Y8A/s320/weatherman_3.gif" /></a> <span style="font-family:arial;">We know John Sterling is one of the worst baseball announcers, but he might make an even worse weatherman! </span><br /><div><div><div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">During today’s pre-game show from an overcast Fenway Park, Sterling clarified the weather situation with this: “There’s a chance of a thunderstorm, but not of rain.” OK…so it won’t rain…but thunderstorms are likely. Rest easy, Al Roker. Your job is safe.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">UPDATE -- It rained. Hard.</span></div></div></div></div>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-64786886805103368942010-05-06T12:24:00.001-04:002010-05-06T12:26:24.747-04:00John Sterling is a Hippie<span style="font-family:arial;">We know there’s the Sterling Shake. And the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOs-NlkAiKM&amp;feature=related">Hippy Hippy Shake</a>. Now get ready for John Sterling the Hippie.<br /><br />Cleary, Sterling loves the past. Some of his latest home run calls have their inspiration in the 1940s and 1970s. Now, Steeling is tipping his hat to those hippy, dippy 1960s.<br /><br />At the end of yesterday’s game, Sterling proudly declared that <strong>“Everything is groovy in Yankeeland!”</strong> Groovy? Really? I’m all for a little <a href="http://cougartown.com/slang.html">slang from the summer of love</a>, but not when I’m listening to a baseball game in 2010.</span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-76544407262808791212010-05-06T12:11:00.003-04:002010-05-06T12:13:44.944-04:00Dead Horse to John Sterling:“Stop Beating Me!”<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/S-LqayyqvCI/AAAAAAAAAFA/RXCA_WS0H-M/s1600/Beating_a_dead_horse.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5468190643612990498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/S-LqayyqvCI/AAAAAAAAAFA/RXCA_WS0H-M/s320/Beating_a_dead_horse.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">The only thing John Sterling loves more than…John Sterling, is a catch phrase he can beat to death. Yesterday, when the Yanks bullpen almost blew a lead in the ninth, Sterling found one.<br /></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">As the Orioles threatened to tie the game, Sterling declared “This is life without Mariano.” OK. We get it. Mariano is on the shelf and it was a decent observation. But in Sterling’s world, anything worth saying once is worth repeating <a href="http://www.adnauseam.info/">ad nauseam</a>. And so a few seconds later, he repeats himself as though the thought just popped into his head, “This is life without Mariano.” </span></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><div><br />To make matters worse, as soon as Suzyn Waldman started her Star-of-the-Game interview, she jumped on the bandwagon with…you guessed it…”This is life without Mariano.” </div><div><br />Cut to commercial. Come back to the broadcast, and how does Sterling begin his post-game wrap up? You guessed. So “this is life without Mariano.” I would be willing to bet he repeated it at least two more times, but I had to turn the radio off because I just couldn’t take it anymore. </div><br /><div>I am left to hope and wait for the day when I can once again enjoy a Yankee radio broadcast. The day when Yankee fans can rejoice. The day when we experience “life without Sterling.”</span></div>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-6992444864336039782010-05-05T13:37:00.002-04:002010-05-05T13:47:35.422-04:00Ernie Harwell 1918 - 2010<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/S-GtLUOHieI/AAAAAAAAAE4/Q_OAlmQzUDo/s1600/article.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467841832522582498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 207px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/S-GtLUOHieI/AAAAAAAAAE4/Q_OAlmQzUDo/s320/article.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"><a href="http://baseballhall.org/">Hall of Fame</a> baseball announcer Ernie Harwell died Tuesday at the age of 92. Harwell was an on-air mainstay in the Detroit area, calling Tigers games for 42 seasons. Read Mitch Albom’s thoughts on Harwell’s passing <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20100505/COL01/5050493/1321/Ernie-Harwells-gone-never-forgotten">here</a>.<br /></span></div><div><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/paWJl3qpUIM&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xd0d0d0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_detailpage&amp;fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/paWJl3qpUIM&amp;color1=0xb1b1b1&amp;color2=0xd0d0d0&amp;hl=en_US&amp;feature=player_detailpage&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></div>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-45505997825604864632010-05-04T14:15:00.002-04:002010-05-04T14:30:05.718-04:00City of Brotherly Love<span style="font-family:arial;">This is a little off topic, but last night Phillies security <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/92742834.html?cmpid=15585797">tasered a 17-year-old fan </a>who jumped the fence and started running around the field at Citizens Bank Park. Was this overkill or did the fan get what he deserved?<br /><br />I am all for the separation of players and fans, but this seems a bit over the top. Here's a video, what do you think?</span><br /><br /><object style="WIDTH: 425px; HEIGHT: 344px"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kjt2BqamUFI"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Kjt2BqamUFI" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-75703458294470432672010-05-04T13:58:00.002-04:002010-05-04T14:22:59.948-04:00You Can't Handle the Truth!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/S-BiSQaZxYI/AAAAAAAAAEw/h46kXx1q8Hc/s1600/nicholson-thumb.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467478013410657666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/S-BiSQaZxYI/AAAAAAAAAEw/h46kXx1q8Hc/s320/nicholson-thumb.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">While listening to John Sterling, you learn to question facts. Just because he calls a player by a certain name doesn’t mean that’s really who he is talking about. What is high and far and gone often is low and short and caught. But Sterling is not alone.<br /><br />In fact, many of the greatest baseball legends of all time are more titillation than truth. Here’s a list of the <a href="http://www.baseball-almanac.com/legendary/limyth.shtml">50 Biggest Baseball Myths</a> I thought you might enjoy. After reading this, Sterling’s fiction may be a little easier to take. Have fun!</span></div>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1748367707718512104.post-33611153097083744112010-04-30T14:46:00.002-04:002010-04-30T14:49:42.003-04:00John Sterling is to Florida as Jerry Lewis is to France<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/S9sl6V-EchI/AAAAAAAAAEo/2kQ1uZjSmCM/s1600/jerry-lewis.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5466004257004352018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_oSmneHSBf4Y/S9sl6V-EchI/AAAAAAAAAEo/2kQ1uZjSmCM/s320/jerry-lewis.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">No, it’s not an SAT question, it’s the truth. While comic legend Jerry Lewis remains under-appreciated at home, the French <a href="http://ask.yahoo.com/20040929.html">can’t get enough of him</a>.<br /><br />Open a paper, turn on the TV or listen to the radio in the NY area and you’ll hear lots and lots of people who have <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINDtlPXmmE&amp;feature=related">had it up to here</a> with John Sterling. But, head south and Sterling is king!<br /><br />You want proof? Just take a look at this fan forum on a site called <a href="http://forum.gatorsports.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&amp;t=1309&amp;p=18968">GatorSports</a>. It’s a Florida love fest! One fan compared listening to Sterling ramble to “an afternoon talking to your grandfather.” That’s a compliment, right? Right?</span>Sterling Stinkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12247181845497507654noreply@blogger.com3